Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PRICING ACT 1981 No. 117, 1981 - SECT 15

15. (1) Where an associate Commissioner has, or associate Commissioners have,
been appointed under sub-section 11(1) for the purposes of a particular
inquiry, the Commissioner shall convene such meetings of the Authority as he
thinks necessary for the efficient performance of the functions of the
Authority in relation to that inquiry.

(2) Meetings of the Authority shall be held at such places as the Commissioner
determines.

(3) The Commissioner shall preside at all meetings of the Authority.

(4) The Authority shall keep records of its meetings.

(5) Subject to Part III and to any direction given to the Authority by the
Minister under sub-section 17 (4), the Commissioner may give directions
regarding the procedure to be followed at, or in connection with, a meeting of
the Authority.

(6) At a meeting of the Authority-

   (a)  all questions shall be decided by a majority of votes of the
        Commissioner and the associate Commissioners present and voting; and

   (b)  the Commissioner has a deliberative vote and, in the event of an
        equality of votes, also has a casting vote.

(7) In this section, a reference to the Commissioner shall, if there is a
person acting in the office of Commissioner, be read as a reference to the
person so acting.